All sounds very positive and it looks like you really enjoyed yourself. I'm moving to Scotland later this year and am considering some of the Backwoods courses - are there any people about who've done the basic Backwoods and Native Paths Courses? I really like the look of them but I don't just want to spend my money because they will be the nearest school.
I'd appreciate some subjective recommendation rather than the standard gushing enthusiasm we hear about every course that anybody ever talks about on the forum.
Was it everything you expected? Was it value for money? Was the instruction appropriate? Was there anything that you didn't like about the course or anything you felt it lacked? And, did you feel you came away with some real useful skills?
I'm not just picking on Backwoods, I'd like to know the same about any course that I attend.
Hi Mikey,I and a few others on here have done courses with Backwoods Survival school,i can't really compare it with other schools as the Backwoodsman is the only course i've ever done,but that being said as you can see from my earlier post i'm booked to go on the Beachcomber course now.
I met Patrick,before ever booking a course,at one of the Scottish Crannog meets and got chatting to the man round the fire,well lets say i kept the man up to the wee small hours,well he would probably tell you i could talk the hind legs off a Donkey
Never once did he say Stuart your boring the **** off me
. So i thought that if he could put up with my bushcrafty ramblings then i need to get on one of his courses.
My only regret is not having the B*lls to approach him many years ago when i was a greenhorn at the Loch Achray meets,because i could have done the Veidemann course long before know.
Anyway i thoroughly enjoyed the course and that's why i booked again.
Also GrahamS did a review away back in the mists of time.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5609
Anyway i hope this is of some help.
Cheers Stuart.
